Toy.



J. SUNDQ-VIST.

Patented Mar. 24, 1911 COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN SUNIDQVIST, 0F GEORGETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

TOY.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN SUNDQVIST, a citizenof Finland, Russia, residing at Georgetown, in the county of Fairfieldand State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toys and more particularly toa wheeled toy having a platform disposed upon the wheel axle and figuressecured to the platform for frictional contact with said wheels wherebya rotary motion is imparted to said figures; a figure disposed upon aflexible support secured to the platform is also provided and isactuated by contact with the moving parts of the first mentionedfigures.

A full description of the invention will be found in the followingspecification, its new features pointed out in the appended claims andone embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawing which-forms apart of the specification and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation ofmy toy. Fig. 2 is a plan. 1

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout.

1 is a platform disposed upon an axle 2 provided with wheels 3, 8 and tothe platform a box 4 is secured in which is disposed a front wheel 5.Near either end of the platform 1 a vertical shaft 6 is carried whereona rotary figure 7 is mounted and adapted for frictional contact with thewheels 8, 3 and by them actuated. Arms 8, 8 carrying flags 9, 9 areprovided for each figure and further a hat 10 is provided through whichthe shaft 6 extends and terminated at its upper extremity 11 in a ballthrough which a shaft 12 passes that carrie wheels or disks 13 at eitherend adapted for frictional contact, and consequent rotation, with thehat 10 of either figure 7 Strands of ribbon 14: carrying rattles orbells 15 are secured to the shaft 12 and Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed November 11, 1912.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 730,774.

actuated by it as it rotates and arefurther actuated by occasionalcontact with the flags or symbols 9. Upon the platform 1 a spiral spring16 is secured that serves as a support for a small figure 17 the upperend or head of which is disposed in the path of motionof the strands 14:and actuated by contact therewith.

The toy when drawn over the floor or over a table top by means of a cordfastened in the ring 18 secured to the box 1 is very lifelike as thefigures 7 rotate, the wheels 13 andshaft 12 rotate, the strands 15 whirland the figure 17 moves in a swaying manner upon its pedestal.

lVhat is claimed is 1. In a toy, a wheeled platform, rotary figures infrictional contact with said wheels, a transverse wheeled shaftassociated with and actuated by the rotary figures, a flexible membersecured to and actuated by said wheeled shaft and a figure seated upon aflexible support carried by said platform in the path of motion of thesaid flexible member.

2. In a toy, a wheeled platform, rotary figures in frictional contactwith said wheels, a transverse wheeled shaft associated with andactuated by said rotary figures, a flexible member secured to andactuated by said wheeled shaft, arms provided with symbols secured tosaid rotary figures for intermittent engagement with said flexiblemember and a figure seated upon a flexible support carried by saidplatform in the path of motion of the said flexible member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN SUNDQVI ST.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK S. Srunens, RALPH S. GREGORY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Wuhington, D. G.

